Pearl

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: English

Meaning

Pearl is a unisex given name derived from the English word pearl, a hard, roundish object produced within the soft tissue of a living, shelled mollusk. Pearls are commonly used in jewelry-making. The name has a history of usage among Jews.

From Wikipedia

Pearl first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2023 with 61 babies (rank #478 that year). In 2024 it was given to 41 girls (rank #724). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Pearl

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Pearl yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

1,064
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
61
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199110#1,564
199216#1,123
199318#1,029
199414#1,145
199513#1,361
19968#1,952
199722#903
199817#1,077
199922#912
200018#1,046
200113#1,361
200212#1,460
200319#1,072
200415#1,314
200518#1,187
200631#819
200730#857
200830#885
200927#964
201039#717
201120#1,224
201244#663
201350#595
201453#581
201560#517
201653#574
201753#580
201855#556
201942#702
202052#554
202147#626
202241#682
202361#478
202441#724